Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

86 reviews

trycerabel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kaceyjoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This book was not for me. I should have just stopped reading it, but i struggle to ever do that, always hopeful it'll get better. There was just too much misogyny, too much white guilt, too many gorey details, and not enough interest for me. I appreciate the idea, but the execution was just not what I wanted out of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Gore, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Sexual violence

lacunaboo's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I tore through these 400 pages in less than 3 days! I loved the characterization and themes. It was funny in places, then when the horror elements came here and there it was kind of a shock just how gory or horrifying they were - but the story never dwelled long on the these facets. So even though this is a horror novel, I took away a sense of a fun romp that had you cheering on some oppressed Southern housewives of the 1990s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Classism, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

marlenealina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Medical trauma

donotfeedthebirds's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Mental illness

annieundomielf's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

this book hooked me and i would have given 4 stars if it wasn't for the racism and misogyny 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Death, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Child death

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

elliesberrie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Antisemitism

nadia_opalek's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship